Moisture-proof case-covering for the terminals of lead-armored insulated wires, &amp;c.



No. 802,337. PATENTED OCT. 1'7, 1905.

C. E. TEUSH & L. HARGIS. MOISTURE PROOF CASE COVERING FOR THE TERMINALS 0? LEAD ARMORED INSULATED WIRES, &0.

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PATENTED OCT. 17, 1905.

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INSULATED WIRES, 6m.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.27, 1905.

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MOISTURE PROOF CASE COVERING FOR THE TERMINALS OF LEAD ARMORED UNITED sTATns PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES EDGAR TEUSH AND LUTHER HARGIS, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA,

ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO CHARLES M. KATERJOHN, OF EVANS- vILLE, INDIANA.

MOISTURE-PROOF CASE-COVERING FOR THE TERMINALS OF LEAD-ARMORED INSULATED WIRES, &c.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17', 1905.

To 00% whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLns EDGAR TEUSH and LUTHER HAReIs, citizens of the United States, residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have in.- vented new and useful Improvements in Moisture-Proof Case-Coverings for the Terminals of Lead-Armored Insulated Wires, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to moistureproof case-coverings for closing in or covering the splices or joints of insulated wires of lead armored cables of all descriptions.

It is the object of the invention to provide a perfectly moisture-proof case-covering or sleeve that can be easily applied or installed without requiring a skilledartisan to perform the work; also, to provide a casing for the splices or joints that can be easily opened, closed, and otherwise readily manipulated to test one or any number of wires covered by it; also, to provide a casing that is capable of accommodating few or a large number of cables by simply varying its size or the size of some of its parts or features, and also to provide other advantageous improvements, all as will more clearly appear hereinafter.

The invention fully stated consists of a sleeve of lead or other suitable material forming a case-covering for splices and joints, sealed or completely closed at one end, while the other end is sweated to a collar of brass or other suitable material provided with a screw-threadon its outer extremity to it the internally-screw-threaded lower end or part of a cap of brass or other metal provided with an internal annular ledge and an extended rim or margin above the ledge, creating, with a lead gasket resting upon the ledge, a shallow cup on the top of the complete casing. The gasket is provided with a series of holes for the reception into the casing or the leading out therefrom of any number of leadarmored cables that it may be desired to use, hot solder being poured around the cables in the shallow cup formed as aforesaid, preferably until the solder rises to a line a little above the top of the cap.

The drawings hereto annexed and the letters of reference marked thereon form a part of this specification and are to be referred to as such.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a form of means in which the invention may be embodied. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of the same. Fig. 3is a plan view of the lead gasket constituting the top of the casing as also the upper edge of the crown.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts or features wherever they occur.

In the drawings, a designates a sleeve of lead or other suitable material constituting a casing, drawn up so as to have its lower end closed, while its upper open end is sweated to the inner side of the somewhat offset lower portion 6 of.a brass crown 0. The exterior of the brass crown 0 above the shoulder (Z, formed, as stated, by offsetting the lower portion, is screw-threaded, as at c, to receive the internally-screw-threaded cap f, provided internally with an annular ledge 1, upon which ledge the lead gasket 72. rests. The cap f is provided above the ledge g with an upwardlyextending rim 71, so as to form a kind of shallow cup on the top of the complete device, of which cup the gasket constitutes the bottom. In the present instance the gasket is provided with holes sufficient in number for the admis sion into or the leading out from the casinga of three lead-armored insulated wire cables 1'. It is obvious that any number of cables may be admitted to the casing by providing the required number of holes in the gasket and forming the same of the requisite size.

In use the top of the casing a will be sweated to the lower end of the brass crown, the connection being reinforced, if desired, by solder sjust below the lower edge of the crown. The cap f may now be screwed upon the up per end of the crown, interposing a suitable washerw, of rubber orother material, between the said top and the annular ledge g as an additional security against the entrance of moisture. The cables 0 of desired number, with the insulated covering, being now introduced through the holes in the gasket, hot solder is poured on the gasket forming the bottom of the cup on the top of the device, as explained, until it rises a little above the crown. This solder when cooled may be tamped down around the cables or not, as may be desired. The lugs Z are formed to receive a spanner to turn the parts to which the lugs are attached.

In putting the parts together it is not necessary to proceed in the order above described;

but any mode of procedure will answer that will insure their assemblage in a proper and desired way. Again, it is not essential that all of the insulated wires of a cable should be made or completed, since some may be made and others left incomplete, indefinitely.

When it is desired to examine, repair, or test the terminals, this can be done by simply unscrewing the casing a and its crown c from the cap f, and the casing can be replaced by screwing it on the cap again, all as will be understood without further description.

\Vhat is claimed is 1. The combination, with the casing closed at its lower end and having the brass crown secured to its upper end, of the cap screwed upon the crown and provided with the internal annular ledge and the gasket having cablereceiving openings resting on the saidledge.

2. The combination, with the casing closed at its lower end, and having the screw-threaded brass crown screwed upon its upper end, of the cap provided with an internally-projecting ledge screwed upon the crown, a gasket having cable-receiving openings resting on the said ledge, cables entering the casing through the said openings, and solder upon said gasket surrounding the said cables.

3. The combination, with the casing closed at its lower end andhaving a brass crown sweated upon its upper end, an apertured gasket supported by the crown, through which apertures the cables are received into the easing, of the cap having an upwardly-extended rim and adepressed interior screwed upon the crown, and solder poured upon the top of the cup-shaped cap and gasket around the cables to secure and pack the cables and gasket in place.

4. In a moisture-proof covering for splices, &el a casing having one end completely closed, an externally-screw-tl1readed crown sweated to the other end, and an internally-screwthreaded cap screwed upon said crown.

In testimony whereof we ai'iix our signatures in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES EDGAR TEUSH. LUTHER HARGIS.

Witnesses:

H. B. HARPER, EARL PATTERSON. 

